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Wheels and Reels by Yann le QuellecCarte Noire IFIFrench Film FestivalMany films in this year’s Festival are united by asearch for identity, and an examination ofcomplex behaviours and emotions. They aredifferentiated however by the many exciting andunique cinema voices of their makers.We have some marvellousguests: Arnaud Desplechinwill attend the Festivalscreening of his latest workJimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a PlainsIndian), and a programme of his films.Emmanuelle Devos will speak after thescreening of Desplechin’s Kings andQueen and will also attend the openingfilm, the delicate romance Just a Sighalongside director Jérôme Bonnell. Inaddition, Nicolas Philibert will present thecompelling La Maison de la Radio.The programme features 21 premieresincluding films by Bruno Dumont,Abdellatif Kechiche, François Ozon,Xavier Dolan and Claude Lanzmann.Inventive comedies and dramas includeMe, Myself and Mum; 2 Winters, 3Autumns; Going Away and a superbCatherine Deneuve in On My Way. Wealso show this year’s Prix Jean Vigowinners, and the wonderfully restoredLola (Jacques Demy) and Documenteur(Agnès Varda). The brilliant GrandCentral will be our closing film.The Festival is made possible with thelonglasting support of the FrenchEmbassy in Ireland and I would like toextend my gratitude to the FrenchAmbassador in Ireland and his team.I would like to thank all of our supporters:the Institut français and Unifrance Films,the Technicolor and Groupama GanFoundations, Ciné-Tamaris; and the IFI’sprincipal funder the Arts Council for itsinvaluable support again this year. Iwould also like to thank Carte Noire, theFestival’s new title sponsor.Welcome to the Festival!Marie-Pierre RichardFestival Directorwww.ifi.ie 3

Thursday 21st November, 20.45Saturday 23rd November, 16.15Director: Arnaud Desplechin120 minutes // France-U.S.A // 2013Official Competition, Cannes 2013Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy ofa Plains Indian)Arnaud Desplechin’s new film sees Benicio Del Toro asJimmy Picard, a Blackfoot Indian hospitalised in Kansas,suffering from trauma as a result of war-time injuries.Having played volatile characters in the director’s earlierfilms, Mathieu Amalric is cast here as George Devereux,the anomalous psychoanalyst invited to treat Jimmy’sperplexing symptoms. Based on a study written byDevereux in 1951, the film boasts a fascinating story andextraordinary central performances. (AB)Director Arnaud Desplechin will participate in a Q&Aafter the screening on Thursday November 21st.Director’s Note: Desplechin’s first film on American soilis captivating. An unexpected story of friendship with theideal pairing of Amalric and Del Toro.Domestic Life (La Vie domestique)Friday 22nd November, 21.10Saturday 23rd November, 14.00Director: Isabelle Czajka93 minutes // France // 2013Adapted from Rachel Cusk’s book Arlington Park, IsabelleCzajka’s film portrays the quotidian obligations of agroup of suburban housewives and mothers. Juliette(Emmanuelle Devos) and family have recently relocated,and she struggles to fit an appointment vital to her careerinto a schedule filled with errands and the activities ofher children. Old schoolmate Betty (Julie Ferrier) andher friends, on the other hand, lead the lives of moretraditional housewives. Dissatisfied with their lot, and theirunsupportive husbands, the film paints a stark portrait offamily life. (KC)Director’s Note: The director succeeds brilliantly incapturing the oppressive atmosphere and the developinganxieties while making compelling viewing.Jeune & JolieSaturday 23rd November, 18.45Director: François Ozon95 minutes // France // 2013Official Competition, Cannes 20136 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013While on summer holiday with her family, beautiful Isabelleloses her virginity, an experience which leaves her cold.She wants something more and takes to prostitution,becoming addicted to both the money she makes and theattention she gets from men, whether they are charmingor obnoxious. Featuring a remarkable break-throughperformance from Marine Vacth in her first leading role,and referencing Rimbaud’s poem No one’s serious atseventeen, the latest feature from the increasingly prolificFrançois Ozon (Potiche, In the House) is a sensitive,typically intelligent portrait of a year in the life of a youngsexually inquisitive woman measured out in the fourseasons. (MH)Director’s Note: Alluring and puzzling, Ozon’s depictionof adolescence is ‘as an emotional time but also and aboveall as a hormonal one’.

La Maison de la radioFriday 29th November, 18.30Director: Nicolas Philibert99 minutes // France // 2013Documentary Competition, BFI London FilmFestival 2013Assembled to evoke a day in the life of the statebroadcasting company, Radio France, Nicolas Philibert’sdocu-portrait employs an even-handed approach toexamine a cross-section of content, ranging from reportsand interviews to musical performances and weatherforecasts. The director, acclaimed for his unobtrusive butplayful style – as seen in Louvre City (which screened lastyear) and Être et Avoir – refrains from using voice-over orcaptions, allowing the radio segments themselves to lendthe film its distinctive character. (AB)Director Nicolas Philibert will participate in apost-screening Q&A.Director’s Note: Nicolas Philibert’s film about radio takesus on a rich, surprising journey, revealing the invisiblefaces behind the ‘Round house’ Radio France.JappeloupFriday 29th November, 20.40Sunday 1st December, 16.10Director: Christian Duguay130 minutes // France // 2013Based on the pursuits of Olympic show jumping championPierre Durand, Jr., this rousing equestrian biopic fromQuébécois director Christian Duguay focusses on theathlete’s relationship with his obstinate, but neverthelessmasterful horse, Jappeloup. Written by and starringGuillaume Canet – himself a former show jumper whoturned to acting after a fall from his horse at 18 – thefilm effectively relates the decisive moments in Durand’scareer, including his decision to compete with Jappeloup,considered by many too small a horse to be usedprofessionally. With a strong supporting cast, includingDaniel Auteuil and Marina Hands, this is a polishedaccount of a gripping tale. (AB)Director’s Note: Highly entertaining and appealing, thepace is exhilarating! In one word: Emotion!Camille Claudel 1915Saturday 30th November, 20.30Director: Bruno Dumont95 minutes // France // 2013Winner: Jury Award, Brussels Film Festival 2013Official Competition, Berlin Film Festival 2013Previously the subject of a biopic starring Isabelle Adjani,sculptor Camille Claudel is here portrayed by JulietteBinoche in the first instance of director Bruno Dumontworking with an established star. In all other respectsthe film remains unmistakeably identifiable as the workof Dumont. Confined by her family to a remote asylumfollowing the breakdown of a long affair with AugusteRodin, Camille’s days are filled with despondency both ather surroundings and her sense of abandonment. Rigorousand challenging, the film also contains a performance fromBinoche that stands out even in her illustrious career. (KC)Director’s Note: Dumont’s film is raw, challenging, evenpainful, yet beautiful. Juliette Binoche is captivating!www.ifi.ie 9

Sunday 1st December, 12.00Director: Claude Lanzmann220 minutes // France-Austria // 2013Out of Competition, Official selection, Cannes 2013The Enclosure of TimeSunday 1st December, 18.45The Enclosure of Time Dir.: Jean-Charles Fitoussi64 minutes // France // 2012Wheels and Reels Dir.: Yann le Quellec36 Minutes // France-Belgium // 2013The Last of the Unjust(Le Dernier des injustes)This astonishing documentary focusses on a series ofinterviews Lanzmann conducted in 1975 with BenjaminMurmelstein, a contentious figure appointed by the Nazis as‘elder of the Jews’ at Thereseinstadt ghetto, and charged butacquitted for collaboration after the war. Murmelsteinprovides a vivid account of his experiences, including hisrelationship with principal Holocaust architect, AdolfEichmann, ‘a demon’, he describes, who was anything butbanal. An extension of Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985), thisimpactful film poses vital questions about our understandingof this dire and enduring catastrophe of modern times. (AB)Dr Joseph Cohen will introduce this screening.Director’s Note: Rediscovering unseen material, ClaudeLanzmann directs another fascinating, poignant andvertiginous film.The Enclosure of Time +Wheels and Reels(L’Enclos du temps / Le Quepa sur la Vilni!)The Enclosure of Time is the eighth instalment in directorJean-Charles Fitoussi’s series of films in which chanceplays a leading role. Here, Théo visits his ill grandfather inItaly. However, when the doctor who had previously savedhis life is summoned, he sends instead a young nursewith mysterious healing powers. Wheels and Reels sees apostman ordered out of retirement by the local mayor tolead a group of younger cyclists in advertising the openingof the local cinema. (KC)Director’s note: These two award-winning filmsencapsulate the spirit of the Prix Jean Vigo.Grand CentralClosing FilmSunday 1st December, 20.45Director: Rebecca Zlotowski95 minutes // France // 2013Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2013At the core of this affecting drama are the exploits ofGary Manda (Tahar Rahim, A Prophet), a somewhat shadyunskilled labourer desperate for cash, hastily employed atthe film’s outset to carry out perilous maintenance workclose to the reactor at a nuclear power plant. While settlinginto the employees’ trailer park accommodation situatedbehind the smokestacks, Gary meets and quickly becomesinfatuated with Karole (Blue is the Warmest Colour’s LéaSeydoux), a seductive co-worker who is engaged to Toni,one of the close-knit community’s most valued chiefs.Combining a threatening environment with illicit attractionto great effect, Zlotowski evokes a profoundly unsettling,pertinent, and riveting affair. (AB)Director’s Note: Reminiscent of Renoir and Becker,director Zlotowski draws subtle parallels between love andradiation in this brilliantly cast, modern-day fiction.10 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

First-Time DirectorsThis regular strand of the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival once again presentsa small sample of the best and most intriguing talents that have emerged overthe past year.My Blue-Eyed Girl(Ma belle gosse)Sunday 24th November, 18.45Director: Shalimar Preuss83 Minutes // France // 2012Several interrelated families areon holiday on the sunny Île deRé, off France’s west coast. Theassembled children, rangingwidely in age, pass their lazysummer days with sailing,games of checkers, andexplorations of the island’svarying terrain. Standing apartfrom the group is surly 17-yearoldMaden (Lou Aziosmanoff),who has a secret – she isexchanging love letters with amuch older inmate in the localprison. Inevitably, Maden’s cacheof letters is discovered, and thechildrens’ relationships becomestrained. Unfolding at adeliberate pace, Shalimar Preuss’sensitive film is a sympatheticportrayal of teenage restlessnessand curiosity. (KC)Director’s Note: The naturalaura of the children is delicatelyportrayed in this profoundobservation of family relations.Me, Myselfand Mum(Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table!)Alliance Française Screening:Wednesday 27th November, 18.30Thursday 28th November, 20.45Director: Guillaume Gallienne85 Minutes // France // 2013Winner: Prix SACD + Art Cinéma AwardDirectors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2013Actor-director GuillaumeGallienne’s adaptation of his ownone-man hit stage show revisitshis sexually confused youth andhis complicated relationship withhis mother (also played byGallienne, convincing in full drag).While his macho father bondswith his siblings over rugby, shesteers Guillaume towards moregentle pursuits. Raised more as adaughter than a son, the youngman is assumed by everyone,including himself, to be gay,before he eventually finds hisown identity in this inventive andsweetly charming film. (KC)The Alliance FrançaiseScreening on Wednesday 27thNovember will be followed by awine and cheese reception.Director’s Note: The charismaof Guillaume Gallienne drawsus into this delicate, wittycomedy bursting with energyand imagination.Les ApachesSaturday 30th November, 18.00Director: Thierry de Peretti82 minutes // France // 2013Official selection, Directors’ FortnightCannes 2013Thierry de Peretti’s film, looselybased on real events, takes placein the seedy underbelly of sunny,tourist-friendly Corsica. After agroup of teenagers treatthemselves to a party in anunoccupied villa, their petty theftof random items, including anantique rifle, leads the owners toemploy local criminals to punishthose responsible. Eager to avoidtrouble, Aziz takes responsibility,and does not betray his friends.But one of them, François-Jo, isnot satisfied with Aziz’s word.Moody and gripping throughout,the film draws viewers in with itsincreasing sense of dread. (KC)Director’s Note: A tragedy ofsocial division, the melancholicnight skies contrast with theacutely realistic drama takingplace below.www.ifi.ie 11

Arnaud Desplechin ProgrammeA Christmas Tale, Directed by Arnaud DesplechinArnaud Desplechin can be regarded as a truly visionary filmmaker.His cinema is warm and generous, at times volatile, burlesqueand audacious.Desplechin was born at Roubaix in the North ofFrance in 1960. He studied at the IDHEC Frenchfilm school, gaining a cult reputation right fromthe start with his medium length debut The Lifeof the Dead (1991).In a recent interview, when asked the primaryconcern of his films, Desplechin answered ‘Thedizziness of identity.’Desplechin’s films are deeply human, emotional,obsessional. Tragedy and comedy combine,revolving around a few characters and focussingon family dynamics – between parent and childor amongst friends or couples. His characters ofGreek (Junon), Joycean (Nora, Paul Dedalus), andbiblical names (Ismaël, Abel, Elias), areemotionally volatile, melancholic – a mixture ofstrengths and weaknesses. They often seem toreact disproportionately as they reappraisethemselves, striving to break free from their innerkingdoms where they are trapped, beforeeventually finding themselves, and some greaterinsight or acceptance is gained. Resolution bringssympathy from the viewer towards them.Desplechin’s unusual relationship with the actorsreveals a new generation headed by EmmanuelleDevos and Mathieu Amalric – often his alter egoon the screen. (MPR)We are delighted and honoured that ArnaudDesplechin will be attending the Festival. Pleasesee the IFI November Programme for details ofother screenings.The IFI would like to thank at Why NotProductions: Thomas Rosso and Rosa Attab; atWild Bunch: Elodie Sobczak and Esther Devos;and at L’Institut français; Christine Houard.12 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

Kings and Queen(Rois et reine)Thursday 21st November, 18.00146 minutes // France // 2004Winner: Louis Delluc Prize 2004; Méliès Prize 2004Best Actor Award, Mathieu Amalric: César Awards 2004Novel-like in structure as well as scope, Kings andQueen is an ingenious, sprawling chronicle of theseemingly discrete lives of Nora Cotterelle andIsmaël Vuillard, played by Desplechin favouritesEmmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric. At thefilm’s outset, gallery-owner Nora returns hometo visit her introverted son Elias, who is stayingwith her father, a respected scholar, and who,it transpires, is grievously ill. Meanwhile, violaplayer Ismaël is confronted by two nurses at hisapartment set on committing him to a psychiatricward against his will. Complex, delighting in theabsurd and replete with literary references, this isFrench cinema at its most enthralling. (AB)Emmanuelle Devos will participate in apost-screening Q&A.Director’s Note: By turns a burlesque comedyand psychological drama, this stylistic film haslarger than life performances from Devos andAmalric.A Christmas Tale(Un Conte de Noël)Friday 22nd November, 18.00150 Minutes // France // 2008Official Competition, Cannes 2008A kind of sibling to Kings and Queen, A ChristmasTale is an inspired portrayal of the fracturedVuillard family in a curiously jovial state ofcrisis. At the helm are Jean-Paul Roussillon andCatherine Deneuve, magnificent in their parentalroles as benevolent Abel and undemonstrativeJunon. Diagnosed with leukemia, Junon urgentlyrequires a bone marrow transplant, so Abelsummons the family home for Christmas to seeif any of their offspring will make a compatibledonor. Deep-seated resentments resurface,particularly between playwright Elizabeth, playedby Anne Consigny, and her burdensome brotherHenri, a mesmeric Mathieu Amalric, who arrivesafter an extended absence with EmmanuelleDevos’ enigmatic Faunia. (AB)Arnaud Desplechin will take part in apost-screening Q&A.Director’s Note: Playful, comic, touching,inventive – volatile characters and unforeseenconfrontations give this dense family painting itsunique energy. A classic!Masterclass:Working with ActorsFriday November 22nd, 11.00, €5We are delighted to announce that ArnaudDesplechin will be hosting a masterclassduring the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival.Please see www.ifi.ie/frenchfest forfurther details.www.ifi.ie 13

Abdellatif Kechiche ProgrammeBlame it on Voltaire, Directed by Abdellatif KechicheDirector, screenwriter and actor Abdellatif Kechiche was born inTunisia in 1960. At the age of six he moved to France, thereafterstudying drama at the Antibes Conservatoire of Music and Drama.He made his directorial debut with Blame it onVoltaire (2000), followed in 2003 by Games ofLove and Chance which won César awards forBest Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director.Further multiple awards for Couscous (2007) andBlack Venus (2010) followed, and this year Blue isthe Warmest Colour was awarded the prestigiousPalme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.Despite their long duration, there is nothing ofKechiche’s films that seems superfluous. Throughtight framing and intimate close-ups he observeswithout judgement. Much of Kechiche’sfascination lies in protracted conversations, oftenwith overlapping dialogue – at once free flowingand naturalistic yet precisely shaped,embroidered with multiple story strands – yetnever losing focus. Through these he extractsastoundingly raw and emotional performancesfrom his actors.In filming his characters over such longsequences, a powerful sense of realism emerges.Kechiche digs in – the steadfast eye of thecamera eliciting intense empathy from theviewer. (MPR)This season coincides with the release ofAbdellatif Kechiche’s latest work and fifth filmBlue is the Warmest Colour (winner Palme d’Or,Cannes 2013).The season, details of which can be also found inthe IFI November Programme, features all ofAbdellatif Kechiche’s films: Blame it on Voltaire(2000), Games of Love and Chance (2003),Couscous (2007) and Black Venus (2010).Please see the IFI November Programme forfurther screening details or www.ifi.ie.The IFI would like to thank L’Institut français;Christine Houard.14 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

Blue is the Warmest Colour(La Vie d’Adèle chapitres 1 et 2)Friday 22nd November, 20.00179 minutes // France // 2013Winner: Palme d’Or, Official Competition, 2013Winner: FIPRESCI Prize, 2013Detailing the life of a young woman comingto terms with her sexuality from her laterschool years into the start of her adult workinglife, Abdellatif Kechiche’s adaptation of JulieMaroh’s graphic novel has caused considerablecontroversy since it won the Palme d’Or atCannes earlier this year, with complaints aboutthe director’s working methods and the film’sintimate depiction of lesbian sex threatening toundermine it. Yet beyond the furor, Blue is theWarmest Colour emerges as daring and brilliant,effectively evoking the pleasures of being in loveand the pain of heartbreak while acknowledgingthe fragile line between those two states. (MH)Director’s Note: Kechiche’s adherence to realismthrough splendidly choreographed images ofalmost overwhelming intensity brings remarkableinsight into the life of Adèle.Blue is the Warmest Colour will also runthroughout the Carte Noire IFI French FilmFestival as part of the main IFI Programme.Blame it on Voltaire(La Faute à Voltaire)Sunday 24th November, 13.30130 minutes // France // 2000Winner: Golden Lion, Best First Film,Venice Film Festival 2000Abdellatif Kechiche impressed from thebeginning with this sprawling tale of a NorthAfrican immigrant attempting to make abetter life for himself in France. Admitted on atemporary visa, Jallel (Sammi Bouajila) stays ina shelter, forming friendships, making moneyselling flowers and fruit at the metro, andbeginning a tempestuous relationship with alocal waitress. The relationship’s end sees himhospitalised for depression, where he meetsfragile Lucie (Élodie Bouchez), and tries onceagain to forge a future for himself. Coveringa wide range of topics (among them, racism,immigration, and bureaucracy), it was anauspicious debut. (KC)Director’s Note: Kechiche’s directorial debutreveals his unique aesthetic approach, his talentas a benevolent observer, and his sense ofromance and love for actors.www.ifi.ie 15

Classic Films ProgrammeThis year’s programme includes Irish premieresof the restored versions of Jacques Demy’s Lola(1961), alongside Agnès Varda’s Documenteur(1981). After the original negative of Lola wasdestroyed in a fire, an inter-negative was producedunder the supervision of cinematographer RaoulCoutard, alongside the director’s wife, AgnèsVarda. In 2012, a full restoration took place in LosAngeles, conducted by Technicolor and Groupamaalong with Demy and Varda’s son, Mathieu Demy.Documenteur was restored under the supervisionof Agnès Varda during the shooting of Americano,Mathieu Demy’s feature debut, which includessequences from Documenteur as flashbacks.Documenteur and Lola have been restored byTechnicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage,Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema andCiné-Tamaris.© 2012 Ciné-Tamaris –Fondation Groupama Gan –Fondation TechnicolorLolaSunday 24th November, 16.30Director: Jacques Demy84 minutes // Italy-France // 1961Shot in the summer of 1960 byRaoul Coutard – renowned herefor his work on Rocky Road toDublin, Breathless and Jules etJim – Jacques Demy’s featuredebut is possibly his mostunderstated, stylish film. MarcMichel plays drifter RolandCassard, who falls for Lola, alusted-after cabaret dancer andsomewhat frivolous single mother,played by spindly and ebullientAnouk Aimée. Imbuing the partwith melancholy and allure,Demy cast Aimée to play Lola asecond time in his cultish LosAngeles-set Model Shop (1969).Both films are marked withfeatures that define the director’soutput; transience, resemblance,malaise and desire. (AB)Dr. Douglas Smith willintroduce this screening.Director’s Note: Set in hischildhood town, Demy’s debutis a delight, hinting towards thepoetic and visionary universe ofhis later films.© 2012 Ciné-Tamaris – Fondation Groupama Gan –Fondation TechnicolorDocumenteurSaturday 30th November, 13.00Director: Agnès Varda65 minutes // France // 1981For those unfamiliar with thework of gifted filmmaker AgnèsVarda, Documenteur makes anideal starting point given itspoetic visual style and evocativesense of place. As with much ofher work, Documenteur focusseson a female protagonist,providing a contemplativeaccount of recently separatedEmilie Cooper (Sabine Mamou)as she settles into life with herson in Los Angeles. Similar toChris Marker, Varda makesfascinating use of voice-over andphotographs, and the film’smontage sequences –juxtaposing shots of objectswith documentary-like footageof the city, its inhabitants, and astriking series of locally-paintedmurals – movingly illustrate theprotagonist’s sense of grief. (AB)Director’s Note: Subtitled ‘anemotion picture’, this is a rare,beautiful and melancholic filmreflecting on solitude, sadnessand the end of a relationship.Showing with:Incident urbainDirector: John Lalor27 minutes // France // 2013Set predominantly outside theFrench National Library in Paris,France-based Irish artist JohnLalor’s debut film focusseson two men, bound by somemysterious past, whoseerudite conversation about thearchitectural landscape thatsurrounds them ultimatelyleads to catastrophe. (AB)John Lalor will participatein a post-screening Q&Awith artist Garrett Phelanon the theme of working atthe intersection of art andcinema.Director’s Note: A stunningopening sequence to this shortfilm... Beautiful and enigmatic.16 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

IFI Family ScreeningMy Mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill(Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill)Based on the best-selling children’s book ofthe same name, this animation tells the storyof six-year-old Jean who is going to bigschool for the first time and has to get usedto the very strict teacher. At home his littlebrother Paul and he squabble a lot while thebabysitter Yvette minds them until theirfather comes home after long days at thefactory. Jean misses his mother badly sowhen he gets postcards from her, his friendMichèle from next door reads them aloud.He imagines his mother visiting all kinds ofexciting places like Brazil, Switzerland and aBuffalo Bill Wild West show in the U.S.A. Thisbeautifully animated, heartfelt story is aboutfamily, love and a little bit of growing up.Sunday 24th November, 11.00Saturday 30th November, 11.0075 minutes // France // 2013Special Mention: AnnecyInternational Animation FilmFestivalTickets €5 per person/€15Family ticket (4 people)Recommended age 7+Notes by Alicia McGivernDirector’s Note: This lovingly-madeanimation set in the 1970s is a sensitive,sparkling and thought-provoking tale aboutchildhood loss and hiding from the truth.Subtitles will be read aloud on24th November only.Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival on Touraccess>CINEMA in association with theIrish Film Institute is pleased to bring theCarte Noire IFI French Film Festival toaudiences outside Dublin. The Festival onTour will present an exclusive screeningof Jappeloup at Riverbank Arts Centre onSaturday 23rd November at 20.00.Riverbank Arts CentreMain StreetNewbridgeCo. Kildarewww.riverbank.ieTel: 045 448327www.ifi.ie 17

Festival Guests© Marcel HartmannJérôme BonnellJérôme Bonnell made his featuredebut with Le Chignon d’Olga(2002). This was followed byLes Yeux clairs (2005), winnerof the Prix Jean Vigo, WaitingFor Someone (2007), his firstcollaboration with EmmanuelleDevos, and The Queen of Clubs(2009). We are delighted towelcome him to present thisyear’s Opening Film, Just a Sighon November 20th.Emmanuelle DevosOver the last twenty-fiveyears, Emmanuelle Devos hasestablished herself as one ofFrance’s most versatile andhardest-working actresses. Shehas collaborated with directorssuch as Alain Resnais, JacquesAudiard, Cédric Klapisch, and,most notably, Arnaud Desplechin.She will take part in Q&As afterseveral of her films. See scheduleon page 4 for details.Arnaud DesplechinArnaud Desplechin won the JeanVigo Short Film Prize with hisdirectorial debut, The Life of theDead (1991). Since then, he hasdirected seven features and onedocumentary, and establisheda regular company of actorsincluding Mathieu Amalric,Catherine Deneuve, ChiaraMastroianni, and, of course,Emmanuelle Devos. He will takepart in a Masterclass and severalQ&As. See schedule on page 4for details.John LalorAfter moving to Paris in 1988,Irish artist John Lalor hassince exhibited widely in bothcountries. Having started inabstract portraiture, Lalor hasexpanded his profession toinclude, amongst other media,film, with one of his areas ofinterest being the presentationand subversion of meaning.He will take part in a Q&A withartist Garrett Phelan after thescreening of Incident urbain onNovember 30th.Nicolas PhilibertEsteemed documentarian NicolasPhilibert’s style of filmmaking isunobtrusive, consisting of longtakes which observe eventsunfold, drawing the audience in.This was seen to great effect inhis best-known film, Être et avoir(2002). Festival guest of honourin 2007, we are delighted towelcome him to Dublin again.He will take part in a Q&A afterthe screening of La Maison de laradio on November 29th.Keep an eye onthe websitewww.ifi.ie/frenchfestfor additional guestannouncements.18 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

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ooking informationTickets cost €9.20 each, exceptfor the opening film whichincludes a post-screeningreception and costs €15.Packages €40 for 5 films. €70for 11 films. Both packagesexclude the opening film.Loyalty: Get your free loyaltycard from box office and earnpoints every time you spend atthe IFI.Membership: is required for allfilms. Daily membership costs€1 and annual membershipjust €25. Annual Membershipentitles the bearer to discountson screenings, free previewscreenings of selected filmsthroughout the year, onecomplimentary ticket and a hostof other benefits.See page 19 for our specialFestival Membership Offer.Free list suspended for CarteNoire IFI French Film Festival.Follow us:@IFI_Dub#IFIFrenchMore Information:www.ifi.ie01 679 3477The Institut Françaisand CinemaThe Institut français is the governmental agencyfor the promotion of French culture abroad, underthe supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.It complements the role of Unifrance inpromoting French cinema. The Institut françaisalso supports World Cinema.www.institutfrancais.comFrance in Ireland –Cultural CooperationThe Cultural Service of the French Embassypromotes cultural exchange between France andIreland. Its mission is to enhance dialogue in thearts, sciences and education from French andIrish perspectives. Based in Dublin, it is involvedin all cultural and artistic fields, including cinema,theatre, visual arts, music, dance and literature.www.ambafrance-ie.org26 Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival 2013

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